The State vs. the Dead Body of Miss Vida Nivius

Date: 
April 4, 1923

Deceased

Miss Vida Nivius
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

We the Jury after viewing the Body of Miss Nivius find that the dec'd aforsaid she came to her death from natural causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
T. L. Teal
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield County, South Carolina
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

That I have examined the body of Miss Vida Nivius and that in my opinion She died from natural causes, exact cause unknown -- Rob F. Gardner M. D.

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